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About the Midwest Regional
The FIRST Robotics Competition Midwest Regional is an intense three-day
competition showcasing robots developed and operated by dozens of high school
teams from all over the world. The Midwest Regional was first held in 1997 at
William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois with 38 teams attending.
Since that time it has grown to be one of the most competitive regionals in the
country, with many of its winners going on to win the Championship Event. The
Midwest Regional's goal is to show that science and engineering can be exciting
and fun by providing a spectator-friendly competition environment that has the
feel of both a major sporting event and a rock concert, complete with
special lighting, music, a large video wall, and energetic announcers.
The Midwest Regional, like all FIRST Robotics Competition events, is free and
open to the public! If you do plan to attend, please remember to bring along a
pair of safety glasses if you wish to walk around in the pit area. Our team
members, volunteers, and staff are very friendly and will be happy to answer
your questions or explain the game.
About the FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is a multinational competition that teams up
science and engineering professionals with young people to solve an engineering
design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a
life-changing, career-molding experience and a lot of fun. In 2004 the
competition reached more than 20,000 students on over 900 teams in 27
competitions. The teams come from Canada, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Great
Britain, and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech spectator
sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world
teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines.
Colleges, universities, corporations, businesses, and individuals provide
scholarships to our participants. Involved engineers experience again many of
the reasons they chose engineering as a profession, and the companies they work
for contribute to the community while they prepare and create their future
workforce. The competition shows students that the technological fields
hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science, math,
engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting.
For more information about the FIRST program, please visit the FIRST website at www.usfirst.org.
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